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Scenes from the 2017 Philadelphia Folk Festival

Audience members rise to their feet and begin dancing during the Baile An Salsa performance at the Philadelphia Folk Festival at the Old Pool Farm in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania. (Jonathan Wilson for NewsWorks)

Evan Abrams of Runnemede, New Jersey, tunes his guitar in the campgrounds at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania. (Jonathan Wilson for NewsWorks)

A path winds through the campgrounds at the Old Pool Farm in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania. (Jonathan Wilson for NewsWorks)

The Great Groove Band were the first performers of the Sunday evening concert on the Martin Guitar Stage. The band features children aged 6 to 17 who sing and play folk instruments. (Jonathan Wilson for NewsWorks)

The Irish-Latin fusion band Baile An Salsa performs during the Sunday evening concert on the Martin Guitar Stage. (Jonathan Wilson for NewsWorks)

Festival-goers applaud the Irish-Latin fusion band Baile An Salsa at the conclusion of their performance. (Jonathan Wilson for NewsWorks)

Audience members form a conga line as Baile An Salsa performs. (Jonathan Wilson for NewsWorks)

For more than 50 years, the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival has been drawing thousands of visitors to Old Pool Farm in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, for four days of music and fellowship.

Festival veterans have attended for decades, returning year after year with their children and grandchildren. Lifelong friendships have been made here.

Although many festival devotees have aged with the performers they love, there was no shortage of young talent and young folk music enthusiasts. Artists early in their careers, folk legends, and musicians from throughout the world performed.

This year’s festival featured more 100 performances that spanned the full range of the folk genre. Among the festival headliners were Graham Nash, Old Crow Medicine Show, David Amram, Taj Mo, and local favorite Susan Werner.

While vinyl records and CDs have given way to music streaming, the festival continues to be a premiere venue for live music, with the tradition passing to each new generation.